Folding berry-box.



W. W. WOOD. FOLDING BERRY BOX.

APPLIOATION FILED DOT. 21, 1910.

INVENTOH' Patented Jan.31,1911.

WITNESSES:

BY A

ATTORNEY WILLIAM W. WOOD, OF RAYMOND, WASHINGTON.

romaine BERRY-BOX.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 31, 1911.

Application filed October 27, 1910. Serial No. 589,443.

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM W. WOOD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Raymond, in Pacific county, State of Washington, have invented a certain new and useful Folding Berry-Box, of which the following is a specification.

quickly opened for use. I attain these and other objects by the devices and arrangements illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a plan of the strip of veneer out and scored to form the four sides of the box; Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the box showing the bottom thereof being placed into position for use; Fig. 3 is a similar View showing the bottom in position for use; and Figs. 4 and 5 are front and rear views, respectively, of the box with the bottom in a position similar to that shown in Fig. 2.

Similar numerals of reference refer to similar parts throughout the several Views.

The four sides of this improved box are formed of a single piece of wood veneer, or other thin material, suitably scored in four substantially equidistant lines so as to divide it into five equal parts. The part 1 at one end thereof is provided with an indent 8 in the center of its lower edge, and the part 5 at the other end of the strip, is cut or slotted at 7 near its lower edge, said slot 7 extending from the end of the strip to the score and being parallel with the lower edge. The strip 6, which is separated from the part 5 by the slot 7, is secured to the next part 4 at the score. The bottom 9 is formed of a similar strip of veneer, having two scores across it near its ends whereby it is provided with a part 10 at one end by means of which it is secured to the side of the box, and with apart 11 which is adapted to pass through the slot 7 and between the strip 6 and the side 1 to bring the bottom 9 level and resting on the edge of the strip 6. The box is formed by bending the strip along the four scores and placing the side 1 outside of the side 5, and. then securing the side 1 to the piece 6 at its two ends by means of the two staples 12 and 13 near the lower edge of the side 1 and securing the upper corner of said side 1 by a staple 14 to the side 5 near the score between the sides 4 and 5. The bottom is secured to the side 3 by the staples 15 and 16 which pass through the side 3 near the lower edge thereof and through the part 10 of the bottom. The staples 12 and 13 are preferably placed at opposite angles so as to be out of the way of the flap 11 of the bottom, said flap 11 also having its corners suitably out off for the same purpose.

My improved box is folded by lifting the bottom 9 until it lies flat against the side 3 to which it is attached, and then folding the opposite side formed of the parts 1 and 5 against one of the adjacent sides 2 or 4 thus making the box pass from a rectangle to a flat parallelogram. It is unfolded for use by drawing the side, formed by the sides 1 and 5, outward until the box is rectangular and then bringing the bottom down into the box and simultaneously with one finger pressing the strip 6 inward through the indent 8 thus separating the part 1 from the part 6 and allowing the part 11 of the bottom to easily pass through the slot 7 and between the parts 6 and 1. Since the part 6 is secured to the part 1 at both ends it is very strong.

Having described my invention, what I claim is:

In a folding berry box, the combination of a strip having four transverse scores therein dividing it into five equal parts and adapted to be folded with its two end parts lying one outside of the other, the outer of said parts having an indent cut in the center of its lower edge, and the inner of said parts having a slot cut from its end to the score, parallel with and near the lower edge thereof thus forming a supporting strip; means whereby said supporting strip is secured to said outer indented part at its ends but is slot and between said supportingstrip and separable therefrom between said securing the outer indented part.

means; and a bottom strip secured at one end tothe lower edge of the middle section WILLIAM WOOD of said box strip and having its other end Witnesses:

bent downward and its corners out whereby B. S. SVVANSON,

said bent end is adapted to pass through the A. J. HAGGERTY. 

